Emissions of metals and polychlorinated dibenzo(p)dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs) from Portland cement manufacturing plants: Inter-kiln variability and dependence on fuel-types

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 4198-4205

  Zemba, Stephen ^a   Ames, Michael ^a   Green, Laura ^a   Botelho, Maria João ^b   Gossman, David ^c   Linkov, Igor ^d   Palma Oliveira, José ^e  

^a Cambridge Environmental Inc   (United States)

^b Secil Companhia Geral de Cal e Cimento   (Portugal)

^c Gossman Consulting Inc   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cement kilns; Hazardous waste incineration; Heavy metals; Mercury; PCDD F

Indexed keywords

BEST BASIS; CEMENT KILN; CEMENT MANUFACTURING; DIOXINS AND FURANS; EMISSION RATES; FUEL MIX; HAZARDOUS WASTE INCINERATION; HAZARDOUS WASTES; MEAN VALUES; OPERATING CONDITION; PCDD/F; PCDD/FS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; PORTUGAL; REGULATORY LIMIT; SIMILAR DESIGN; STACK EMISSIONS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; STRINGENT REGULATIONS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BRICKMAKING; EXHAUST GASES; FUELS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; INCINERATION; KILNS; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PETROLEUM COKE; PORTLAND CEMENT; WASTE INCINERATION;

CEMENT MANUFACTURE;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COAL; COBALT; COPPER; FUEL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; PETROLEUM; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; THALLIUM; VANADIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MANUFACTURING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PCDD; PCDF;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAZARDOUS WASTE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZOFURANS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSIL FUELS; INDUSTRY; PORTUGAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 80052063234     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.06.047     Document Type: Article

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